Thanks for all the help fella's. The knowledge on this board never fails!
I had a feeling it was a factory thing. I'm going to make this change, shouldn't be too tough. I also want to change my firewall color to match the body color, it's currently black. That will be a bigger job. I'm guessing the easiest way would be to remove the whole doghouse. Not hard to do so I'm told.
Cheif/Steve, thanks for the compliment.
BTW Steve, your engine setup is off the chart!! My little 283 is not worthy